{"id":5787,"date":"2013-04-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2013\/04\/10\/man-with-brain-cancer-gets-first-place-in-marathon\/"},"modified":"2013-04-10T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T09:00:00","slug":"man-with-brain-cancer-gets-first-place-in-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/04\/10\/man-with-brain-cancer-gets-first-place-in-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with brain cancer gets first place in marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5786\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/f84d217853d263e771f2d4ffc4c6fcef.jpg\" alt=\"- Image Credit: Randy Edwards\/The Enterprise\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Iram and Kiana finish the Gusher marathon in first place\" width=\"550\" height=\"471\" \/>\n<p>Not only did Iram Leon win the 2013 Gusher marathon, but he did it while pushing his 6 year old daughter, Kiana!\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Iram is 32 years old and the doctors have said that he will live to be 40 if he&#8217;s lucky.\u00a0 Iram is not letting brain cancer slow him down at all.\u00a0 He ran the 26.2 miles in 3 hours and 7 minutes.\u00a0 He&#8217;s not only a great inspiration to his daughter, but also to the entire world, proving that you should never give up on anything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People shouldn&#8217;t wait to live until they&#8217;re told they&#8217;re dying,&#8221; Leon said. &#8220;Go home and hug somebody and don&#8217;t wait to be told you have a disease that&#8217;s going to kill you. 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